USS Spitfire

USS Spitfire

USS Spitfire may refer to:

*, a galley operated until October 1776.
*, a merchant sloop operated until 1820.
*, a ship operated until 1816.
*, a sidewheel gunboat operated until 1848; used during the Mexican-American War
*, a temporary name of "Casco"-class monitor USS "Suncook" while laid up in 1869


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